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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for November is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

NOVEMBER EVENT

NOVEMBER EVENT SUMMARY

SOMEHOW SCIENTISTS FUCK THINGS UP AGAIN

Be careful on whom you experiment, as they say. (No one says that.) Thanks to some interesting choices made by Bondrewd regarding Ryoji Mochizuki, Aldrip becomes a chaotic world-changing state. On November 11, the town of Aldrip is plunged into the Dark Hour. This is to be paired with a PLAYER PLOT run by Novas, Jin, and Jade (Kotone). Participation in the player plot is not required to experience effects of this event! They’ll be posted as two separate logs, but the player plot will take place at the same time as the event effects.

What event effects?

Aldrip is cast into a week of night-darkness, though the moon (was it always this large?) casts an eerie silvery-green glow over the city. Electronics will not work, save for player-created electronics (such as STEM’s dark web devices). There will be an increased monster presence across the city. In spite of this, NPCs seem to go about their normal day, as if nothing’s actually happening…even though some of them are being eaten by monsters? Huh. That’s weird.

In addition, characters may find doppelgangers of themselves around town. These doubles reveal a dark reflection of the characters they look like: their deepest fears and regrets, repressed desires they refuse to admit, feelings and experiences they’ve never told anyone about…all of these things come to the surface with these doubles. These doubles desperately wish to see a character’s accused crime confronted, and they will do anything to make that happen, even resorting to violence if they must. The doubles have all the original powers and abilities of their real counterparts, making them extremely difficult to fight one-on-one. Confronting the double and accepting or seriously reflecting upon the crime they’re charged with will make the doppelgangers first turn docile, and then disappear, leaving the original character feeling lighter and more sure of themselves.

Here’s where we see how Aldrip and Expiation can often change things, because the Dark Hour won’t work exactly as it does in its original canon. Rather than one hour per day, this will occur at first over the course of one week. Anyone who chooses to experience the Dark Hour can take part–if you don’t want to, you’re welcome to make use of Persona 3’s iconic coffin structures for a week-long nap, but there will be plenty of safehouses as well, if you’d rather have your character hang out in safety for a while. Safehouses will include the Inn and some other player businesses, such as the clinic: they, along with maybe a few other locations, will be completely unaffected by the Dark Hour The event comes to an end on November 18 when the player plot “bosses” are defeated. As for any lasting effects of the Dark Hour? That remains to be seen, but we’re sure it will be fine, in the end. Everything will be fine. 🙂

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Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're now inclding an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would! Also, the TDM will be posted in the log comm with old and new characters alike able to top-level on it.

The SOTG for October is HERE. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

OCTOBER TDM

TEST DRIVE/MINGLE: SPOOKY SEASON ACTIVITIES

The locals don't consciously seem to know that anything was glitching, and they'll give strange looks when you mention anything about a "reset"...but it's almost like they're celebrating things going back to normal. Near the end of the month, a carnival comes to town! This will serve as our October TDM, and while most of the rides and games will be standard fare for carnivals, there will be some small, opt-in elements that deal with the crimes that characters have been charged with.

Aldrip's traditional witch hunt will be the other big draw this month. The witch hunt is more symbolic than literal, but this year, it'll be done like a game of tag. Some Chosen will be picked to be witches, and other characters will have to capture them. Whoever has captured a witch by the end of the event will receive a prize: one regained small item from home! Successful captures will be chosen via RNG; we'll have a sign-up in the TDM post.

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for September is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

SEPTEMBER EVENT

SEPTEMBER EVENT SUMMARY

HIDE AND SEEK
I AM LOSING CONTROL.
HELP ME.
HARD RESET REQUIRED.

Glitches persist, and in some cases, they somehow manage to get worse. How could they get worse? Aren’t they already bad enough?

As hinted by the entity on the network, there is a solution.

Characters will be given a directive: there are five access terminals somewhere in the world of Expiation. Each of these terminals is a piece of the puzzle; a part of the reset. Each of these terminals must be accessed and reset in order to make the glitches go away. But is that really all there is to it? Of course not.

The network presence gives the Chosen one single direction, almost a plea: find it and reset it. In theory, this should make the glitches resolve. But how? Several new locations will open up for this, through various different means of travel. These locations could take Chosen to far ends of the continent, currently unexplored territory. The goal is to find those terminals, but there may be other things they find in the process.

There is an RNG element for this event in the SOTG post. Just like the November 2023 event, your character could be altered, disrupted, or injured in some way, potentially permanently. You will not know what you’re signing up for in advance, as there are several different ways this plot could go. Please be aware of this when signing up!

DO YOU WISH TO SAVE YOUR PROGRESS?
Per the entity on the network, resetting it will restore it to “factory default” settings. This means whatever care it has come to feel for the Chosen, as well as some upgrades put in place to make them more comfortable and successful, might disappear along with the glitches. On the other hand, not performing the reset means the glitches could get much, much worse, even going so far as to put the world itself in jeopardy.

This is where you come in. We don’t have a set ending for this event, because the ending will depend on what your characters choose to do. Will your character assist in the reset? Do they want to watch the world burn and deter others from setting things right, or even attempt to destroy the technology? Is there some other solution they can come up with that might solve their problems? There is an OOC discussion in the comments where you can throw out your own ideas and thoughts about what direction things could go in. We encourage you to talk with fellow players and come up with ideas, whether your character would suggest them or not.

There will be an IC discussion facilitated by this entity coming up at the beginning of September. We’ll include all potential solutions from both of these discussions on the September event poll, and results of that poll will help inform us as to what direction things go in.

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Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're now inclding an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would! Also, the TDM will be posted in the log comm with old and new characters alike able to top-level on it.

The SOTG for August is HERE. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

AUGUST TDM

AUGUST SUMMARY

DATABREACH UPDATE.

It's gotten worse. The glitches and issues that began in July are still in effect, and unfortunately, they seem to be ramping up. Glitches in August become more severe and also more persistent, happening with more frequency and longer duration. Some people may find the effects last longer or leave a lingering effect. Some may notice that the environment around them has lost quite a bit of its stability. The setting of Expiation as well as the local NPCs of Expiation can be affected, and those effects are nearly limitless, so long as they don't permanently damage the setting. Some ideas to get you thinking:

-Extreme weather. Temperatures and atmospheric conditions will begin to fluctuate wildly: one city block could be experiencing a severe heat wave, while the next block seems to be having a blizzard. Hurricane-force winds, torrential downpours, and hail may suddenly start up and then vanish, leaving only damage in their wake.

-Natural disasters may begin to affect small pockets of Aldrip and the surrounding areas. Earthquakes, severe storms, tidal waves, floods, and any other conditions you can think of are fair game, whether they exist in the real world or in fiction.

-NPCs may glitch in extreme ways. This could include a catastrophic failure (a "blue screen," if you will), or something much more personal, such as taking on characteristics or memories from loved (or loathed) ones back home.

-Entire buildings and blocks may change without warning. The residential district may become a desolate wasteland, or maybe the park across the street is suddenly a gigantic skyscraper. Maybe your home is now in outer space. How's the gravity in there?

-Thus far, the Chosen and locals have enjoyed the ability to communicate without issue. However, whatever allows them all to understand each other seems to be breaking down as well. Characters may find themselves unable to understand or communicate with each other, even speaking in languages they don't canonically know.

Remember: these are just ideas. The glitches experienced at this point can be anything you can think of, and we encourage you to get creative with these effects for your characters and for the setting!

IN SPITE OF GLITCHES...

Life continues on. As we've gone to around 60 players, we will be opening apps to both new and current players. New arrivals appear in the same timeframe as usual, but it may not be smooth sailing as they try to navigate a city rapidly descending into chaos.

Bon Odori begins on August 13, and with it comes a celebration of lights and remembrance. New and current Chosen are encouraged to both attend, and dress up for the occasion, whether they're used to wearing a yukata or not. There will be food, drink, activities...and certainly nothing could possibly go wrong.

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for July is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

JULY EVENT

JULY EVENT SUMMARY

DATABREACH

The system has always been unstable, but in early July, that instability reaches a tipping point. Glitches, which have long since been part of the world of Expiation, become more severe and more difficult to ignore, affecting player characters in addition to the setting itself. These glitches can manifest in many ways, including the following ideas:

- Your character may, for small periods of time (ie several hours, probably up to a day or so), be glitched into an “alternate” version of themselves. These can be canon alternates (ie a bad ending, alternate timeline, mirrorverse, etc version of them) or can be any sort of AU made up by you. We encourage you to get creative with this!

- Your character may be affected for short periods of time by previous in-game events. See the EVENTS tag in the log community for ideas.

- Your character may be subject to the more “typical” glitch effects that the setting of Expiation has experienced in the past. Disappearing and reappearing, losing parts of themselves (was their hair always so pale? Or maybe their arm has gone missing? etc!)

They may also lose memories, items, powers, or abilities for various lengths of time.

These are just suggestions! If you have other ideas for how these “glitches” could manifest for your character, we encourage you to run wild with them.

GNOSIA INFECTION PLAYER PLOT

During the third week of July, the instability in the system becomes catastrophic, resulting in a cascading series of failures that ultimately releases a Gnosia infection that can affect any number of characters. This event will be opt-in. You can find further information on the Gnosia infection plot here!

The Gnosia infection will last for one week, but the glitches will continue for the foreseeable future.

This…is fine? Hmm. Maybe not so much. Maybe this is not actually fine.

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Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're now inclding an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would! Also, the TDM will be posted in the log comm with old and new characters alike able to top-level on it.

The SOTG for June is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

JUNE TDM

JUNE SUMMARY

THE MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL

The longest day of the year happens to take place on June 20, garnering a huge festival known locally as MIDSUMMER. The festival itself takes place from June 20-24, but there will be celebrations before, during, and after the festival as well!

SUMMER SOLSTICE

The winter solstice superstition from December had characters being told to stay indoors. For summer, the situation is reversed: Chosen and locals alike are encouraged to remain outside and party hard from dusk until dawn! There will be lawn games, dances, bonfires, food, and even fireworks, once the sun has finally set.

THE FESTIVAL

As for the festival itself, there will be lots of activities happening in different areas. This is a loose outline of different areas that will be decked out for the festival!

Beach: locals ask the Chosen to help set up a large beach party, which will include sports like beach volleyball, windboarding, and surfing. There will be a kite-flying competition, as well as sandcastle-building challenges and all sorts of other things. Beach episode time!

Outskirts: the rolling hills outside of the city make a perfect place for field day activities, races, and challenges. Options will include, but are certainly not limited to: bag races, three-legged races, wife carrying, relays, baton passes, and foot races. Those who have horsemanship abilities may be asked to put their skills to use with some horse races–or Chocobo races, for those who will.

In the city: Green spaces in Aldrip unveil new garden designs in honor of the festival: hedge mazes, giant sculpted topiaries, and elaborate fountains. One of the taller buildings in town installs a large spire near one of the garden squares. They claim that as the sun rises to its highest point, light passing through the spire will create quite a show…maybe it’ll be worth keeping an eye on. The event center will be hosting a special evening of dining and dancing just after the night of the solstice–not the fancy masquerade they held for the Ketsoran diplomacy efforts, but nonetheless glamorous and maybe even a little decadent.

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for May is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

MAY EVENT

MAY EVENT SUMMARY

WOULD YOU CARE TO TEST YOUR METTLE?

The tablets don’t normally play ads, but on May 5, they do. Everyone receives the same image at the same time, as if a pop-up ad has been sent out to every device:

PUT YOUR SKILLS TO THE TEST. Join us for the CHALLENGE OF THE CENTURY! Sign up now!

There is no other information given. Tapping on the tablet’s screen outside of the ad will make it go away with no effect; players can choose to have it appear only once, or persistently. “Sign up now” is a button, and when tapped (either on purpose or by accident), the ad just…goes away. How odd.

THE TOWER

On May 20, anyone who signed up for this strange ad, whether intentional or not, wakes up on the ground floor of a tower with no way out and stairs leading upward. They’ll find doors as they climb, and behind each of these doors is a challenge. The goal of the tower will be simple, as explained to each character: there are four categories of challenges (outlined below). Each competitor must win one of each challenge type to conquer the tower, at which point they will be given a reward.

We leave the nature of these challenges up to you, but the following details will be the same for each challenge:

One, each challenge falls under one of four categories, outlined below. The size, nature, and scope of these challenges is left up to you, and can fall under any of these categories. You can do as many or as few as you would like.

Two, characters will find themselves facing off against another character, in direct competition for each of these challenges.

THE CHALLENGES

Wands. Challenges in the wands category focus on will and creativity. This includes creative solutions to problems, tests of resolve, examining accomplishments, and exploring what is important to your character.
Swords. The swords category centers reason, logic, wisdom, and intellect. This category also emphasizes adversity and problems, feeling trapped, and situations of oppression/cruelty.
Cups. Challenges in this category might pertain to spiritual matters, emotion, love, and examining your past or your feeling. Cups can encourage characters to face feelings head-on, or to focus on memories, whether accurate or not.
Coins. Emphasizing material matters and possessions, this is a category that focuses on physical, tangible challenges. These don’t have to be related to money; anything with high stakes (tests, games, etc) as well as challenges of physicality can fit into the category.

The categories are broad by design; we encourage you to think creatively about how you set up your challenges, and what category they may fit under best! Not all of these have to be physical fighting challenges, either. They can be any situation where one character is directly compared against another. Some examples: squats competitions, knitting the longest scarf, rap battles, test scores, the quiet game, challenges to not fight or not touch things, “the floor is lava,” races, really the sky and your imagination is the limit.

COMPETITION RULES

Winning. What determines a challenge win will vary based on the challenge given. If the win condition is to best your opponent in battle, you win by doing that! But if the challenge is “do not fight,” then winning a battle against a competitor could make you lose the challenge. We encourage you to be creative with challenges and win conditions.

Three strikes. Everyone has a loss now and then, but losing three times will kick a participant out of the competition. Not everyone can emerge a winner!

Knockouts and death. Strangely, death does not seem to be a permanent condition within the tower. Characters who die will wake up just as if they were knocked unconscious, unscathed and ready for the next round.

Forfeit. Characters can choose “fuck this, I’m out” as an option at any time! But you can’t reenter the tower once you leave.

Draws. If two characters tie, neither wins and neither loses. No one will collect a win for the category, but it doesn’t count as a loss either! They find themselves back on the tower steps, climbing to their next challenge.

Determining winners. We encourage you to determine who wins each challenge individually by whatever means makes most sense to you.

Leaving the tower. Characters who decide to leave, or characters who are eliminated from the competition, will wake in Aldrip to find that very little time has passed in their absence, no matter how long it seems like it’s been.

THE TOP OF THE TOWER

More information will revealed about winning the competition when the log goes up.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN ALDRIP…

The mAPP application on tablets has gotten an upgrade along with the rest of Expiation. However, it doesn’t always seem…accurate? Sometimes it seems to add buildings, roads, or even whole neighborhoods that aren’t actually there. Sometimes it puts a location pin on areas outside of town that you’ve definitely never been to…they don’t always seem to even exist.

It also seems to have added a percentage at the bottom, indicating how much of the map you’ve actually been to. Here’s a fun fact: even if you’ve been to every nook and cranny in Aldrip, even if you’ve walked every street and every district, the percentage tops out at 95%. It never goes any higher. Strange! But that’s fine. It’s probably just a weird little bug…right?

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Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're now inclding an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would! Also, the TDM will be posted in the log comm with old and new characters alike able to top-level on it.

The SOTG for April is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

APRIL TDM

APRIL SUMMARY

These new familiar streets

The unexpected expansion of Aldrip means that there's suddenly a vast uptick in things to do. The locals don't seem to find any of this unusual or surprising at all, but the Chosen seem to remember that Aldrip wasn't always like this...how unusual! Well, whatever the case, the city is abuzz with activity. The most prominent seems to be a city-wide scavenger hunt. Businesses and individuals all over town will be giving out quests ranging in size, scope, and request. Anything from clearing certain monsters out of places, retrieving specific items, or taking photos of specific subjects on your tablet will net you a prize from the right requestor. These prizes are mostly just silly little knick knacks, and they don’t seem to have any value, but the locals are adamant that they are quite important! At the same time, some locals may offer more useful rewards, such as money, clothing, food, or even a month’s rent at the local inn, especially for newcomers. Either way, you might have to team up to complete some of these challenges. Grab a partner!

Springtime festivities

While it’s not an official festival by any means, the beginning of spring is the cherished start of the planting season for the farmers outside of Aldrip, and the entire city comes together to promote it! Chosen are encouraged to take part in the planting process if they desire, but there’s plenty more to do, for those who don’t have a green thumb. The highlight of the town center is a huge cooking competition, where locals and Chosen alike are encouraged to bring their finest culinary skills and vote on the best dish. Fire up those pots and pans! Many local businesses will also be putting on shows and competitions of all sorts: fashion, talent contests, arm-wrestling contests, and even, yes, a drag show at the Event Center.

Maybe we should have waited for the patch…

This sudden change is going fairly well, but it could be better. Some areas of town will be subject to something that seems like glitches. These effects could range from things going missing or suddenly changing (your favorite lipstick just changed from red to blue?? how odd!) to streets and doorways going into places they logically shouldn’t go to. Your front door isn’t supposed to be at the end of the dock, is it? Better watch your step, because strange things seem to be afoot.

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for March is HERE, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and check out the MAIN NAVIGATION for more detailed info about the game itself.

MARCH EVENT

MARCH EVENT SUMMARY

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

Characters wake up on the morning of March 11 to note a few things with relative immediacy. First, the weather is beautiful: warm, breezy, sunny. Second, all of the locals in Aldrip and the surrounds seem to have vanished. Third, these things seem totally normal to the Chosen–who now all believe that they are native to Aldrip.

That’s right. You’ve lived here your whole life. Everything you’ve ever known is this world.

Characters will go about their daily business in lives that they believe have always been like this. You’re free to choose any jobs, roles, backgrounds, and connections with other Chosen for your characters, so long as they believe that they have always lived in Expiation. All character powers are gone, or dormant, for most of the event. More on that later.

LOST AND FOUND

Occasionally, while going about their daily activities, characters will come across an item that seems strangely incongruous with the world they know. This will begin happening after the first few days of the event. A symbol particularly relevant to your character’s canon, for example, or a book. Watches, jewelry, cards, photos, small trinkets and tableaus–all of these are fair game.

Everything in your character will tell them not to look at these objects. Their entire being will try to resist them. If they do, the item disappears when they leave its immediate area. What item? They forget about the entire encounter. Strange.

Touching or interacting with these objects or moments will force a strange memory into their head–a memory of a past life, or a dream, maybe. These are your characters’ real memories, and as the event goes on, they will be able to either collect or ignore more of them. You’re free to engage with as many or as few of these as you like. We’ll ask on the event poll how many you interact with, and how many you ignore. The final count may have lasting repercussions on your characters and/or the world of Expiation, so please pay attention to the poll! Not all of these instances need to be threaded out.

There will be an RNG ELEMENT in this event, as well. Please note that characters who are picked for RNG have a small but nonzero chance that RNG effects could have a long-lasting impact on them.

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Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're now inclding an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would! Also, the TDM will be posted in the log comm with old and new characters alike able to top-level on it.

The SOTG for February is here, with changes and where the game is going for the month.

FEBRUARY HAPPENINGS

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IT'S... A PARTY? FEBRUARY TDM

Festive preparations

As a show of good faith to the Ketsoran delegation, Aldrip's locals hastily turn the events center into an elegant reception hall. Apparently it's Ketsoran tradition: visitors to your city should be welcomed with a lavish party--the more days and expenses paid, the better. Aldrip is determined to make this party generous and decadent enough to appease their neighbors to the south. There's a long, long list of things to do in preparation--not just setting up for this party, but rebuilding and cleaning up damages left behind from January's events. Between February 5 and February 12, Chosen may be asked, volunteered, or guilted into helping get this party set up. They may be asked to run errands between businesses, decorate the events center, prepare food, learn how to play music and perform (or some other talent of their choosing. jokes? juggling? anyone?)...the sky (and your imagination) is the limit.

A masked affair

Another Ketsoran tradition: masks and formal attire will both be required to attend this party--and it is very important that the Chosen attend this party, since one of their own was responsible for the tension. Tailors and seamstresses will be adamant about making sure the Chosen are clothed immaculately in formal wear, though they can be talked into various styles, colors, and aesthetics, so long as they can be convinced that the Ketsorans will be pleased. Characters found avoiding the party can easily be cajoled into attending. The locals are being pretty forceful about this.

A night at the ball

The party will go on for several days, with drinking, dancing, and good food. Effects going throughout the month (for example, Missile Toads II: The Electric Boogaloo) will still be up for play here. Partygoers will also be able to sign up for a Dance Card. Be warned, though: those who sign up for this dance card will find themselves missing a handful of things (of your choosing) such as memories, physical/mental traits, abilities, or items. The only way to get these things back is by completing the dance card--meaning, dancing with others throughout the week and getting their names on those cards.

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Player:
Contact:

Character:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background/Personality: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.
How can you run into my character? What's their daily life like? Do they have a job? Do they have other habits or routines?

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

The SOTG for January is here, with changes and where the game is going for the month. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and here's a handy dandy directory below so everyone can check out the info pages:

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JANUARY HAPPENINGS

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JANUARY EVENT

QUEST IN THE CAVES

Concerned by the corruption and what it could mean in the spring if it’s left unchecked, Aldrip’s blacksmiths and miners offer their help more freely than they would if not for impending catastrophe. They offer to attach those glowing rocks to weapons, farming equipment, and other tools. They may even make cuffs, anklets, or other adornments that can keep the corruption at bay within a person’s body. So get to the caves and grab some! Once characters have these upgraded tools in hand, they’ll find that when working together, they seem to remove the corruption quickly enough that it doesn’t come back. The sky is the limit for what artisans and blacksmiths are willing to make, in this case, so please feel free to get creative when coming up with solutions.

FROM THE SEA

Stay around this corruption long enough and characters will notice that it seems like these wispy lines of corruption seem to lead somewhere. Those Chosen who follow the path will find themselves at the coast. This trip is not without its perils: the monsters that have been affected around town continue to be aggressive, attacking characters and, unfortunately, spreading more of this problem affliction with the slightest bite or scratch.

Arriving at the coast, characters will find that the monster from November’s event is back and ready for its next meal. This close to land, it seems slightly less dangerous, but what’s more interesting is that the weapons infused with gems from the cave seem to do extra damage to it. Upon closer inspection, this creature, too, is affected by the corruption, its body streaked with it. As characters make contact using the gems, this corruption once again subsides

DAMAGE CONTROL

Aldrip has its own share of troubles during this time. Characters who prefer to stay close to home could find themselves charged with creating barriers to keep out octopus monsters that come closer and closer to town, seeking to take people to their giant hungry sea monster friend. With buildings and structures in danger from the rot, characters may also want to collect and use more of the gems from the cave in order to prevent further structural decay–or they might quickly need to help someone evacuate from a building too far gone and crumbling. There will also be plenty of people and crops that need healing from this corruption.aw

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Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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PLOT WITH ME/ENABLE ME PLZ

Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're now inclding an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would!

The SOTG for December is here, with changes and where the game is going for the month.

DECEMBER HAPPENINGS

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!: DECEMBER TDM

Starting this month, we're combining the monthly mingle and TDM into one log! This means that current characters will be able to post a top-level on the TDM, as well as prospective characters of course. Please note that the December TDM will also be forward-dated to DECEMBER 18th. We don't want to start anything too close to Christmas, but forward-dating to the middle of the month will give players and their characters some time to settle down after November's event.

Here's a little preview of what we're cooking up:

DECEMBER ARRIVALS

Whatever pulls the Chosen into the world of Expiation seems to have gone absolutely haywire this month. New characters will find themselves appearing all over, with no rhyme or reason to it. Appearing in someone's house? A random kitchen? In a wagon traveling somewhere else? A grain silo (iykyk, right), directly in the lake or in someone's shower...everything is fair game. Hopefully no one's in the middle of changing when they're intruded upon, yikes!

THE WINTER SOLSTICE

Aldrip has a curious custom on the darkest night of the year. It's said that all should lock their doors and darken their lights, as gifts given on this night can be particularly wicked and play tricks on the receiver. True enough, most Chosen will find a mysterious box appearing on their doorstep (or, if they don't have a doorstep, mysteriously on or near their person). Some of these boxes may contain harmless treats or trinkets such as charming talismans to hang, or tins of cookies. Some others mysteriously contain nothing...but the next morning, when Chosen with empty boxes awake, they find prankster-like tricks have been played on them overnight. We leave the extent of these tricks in your hands for now: these effects can be anything you like, from the ability to float to their skin turning purple. Just bear in mind that these should be minor effects, additions, or inconveniences, rather than major powers. The effects will last for at least 24 hours, but could take a few days to wear off.

Unfortunately for them, the other part of the tradition is a giant feast the evening after the Solstice. So if they want to try any of the food, they'll have to show their face around town...and all the spots, cat ears, or whatever you can cook up that they've been afflicted with.

YOU ALL KNEW THIS WAS COMING

The morning after doors close for Solstice, strange plants begin to appear around town. Yep, you guessed it, these are different varieties of mistletoe, and they're here to spread...holiday cheer? Strangely, these sprigs seem to sport different-colored berries, and each berry color seems to have a different effect:

White berries: the traditional kissing variety!

Red berries: this variety encourages you to fight the person you're stuck with, rather than kissing.

Purple berries: Rather than kissing or fighting, one can only be released from this particular mistletoe by one of the victims sharing a secret with the other.

Some of these are harmless sprigs of greenery, and you can just ignore them. Some others are plagued by tiny creatures that come to be known as Missile Toads, which launch sticky substances at feet to keep them stuck under the mistletoe until they fulfill the plant's needs.

A CRYSTALLINE CALL

An interesting phenomenon begins to happen around this time of year around the Lorentia Caves. It sounds almost like a mournful wailing, or like harsh wind blowing through the caves. Sometimes, though, it begins to sound strange: mechanical, distorted. Investigating this strange sound yields few results: there are no wailing humans or sad robots hidden in the caves at this time, unfortunately! But there are tunnels for exploring (and a rumored dragon), as well as some strange, palm-sized rocks that seem to glow when handled. They don't seem to do much, other than make for a nice reading light, but they can be taken from the cave as a charming souvenir. When one progresses far enough within the caves, they begin to feel a sense of urgency demanding that they turn back and leave. This feeling progresses the more they go on, until they finally give in and turn around.

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Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background/Personality: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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PLOT WITH ME

Player:
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Character:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background/Personality: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

This month's State of the Game post is here, and the world changes from the last event is here. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and here's a handy dandy directory below so everyone can check out the info pages:

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We will be putting up a mingle log on Monday the 23rd, so please stay tuned for it! Until then, please make use of the below form for all of your intro and CR meme needs!

Player:
Contact:
Anything Else?: Anything you might want us to know? What kinds of things interest you? What's your current favourite fandom? Put it here.

Character:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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PLOT WITH ME/ENABLE ME PLZ

Welcome to Expiation's CR meme! This is a post where players can plot with each other on the direction they'd like to go for the month, and so on and so forth. There's a form below for you to fill out below, so get plotting!

We're trying something new for this month, including an EMP element since it's an app month! We have an APP THIS PLEASE and ENABLE ME PLEASE in the comments below with a form, so if you're interested in participating, use the form and comment under the subject title applicable. Other than that, the regular comments will go as a normal CR meme would!

The SOTG for October is here, with changes and where the game is going for the month.

OCTOBER HAPPENINGS

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COMING SOON TO THEATERS: OCTOBER TDM
New arrivals will find themselves in Pessiria Forest this go-around, and while the somewhat creepy happenings from the fog have let up quite a bit, they're not gone entirely. There's a chill in the air, and local events are sure to put a chill down your spine to match.

HARVEST TIME
The tables have turned and now the crops would like to eat YOU! Killer tomatoes, sour apples, and angry onions are just a taste of what's in store. Newcomers might find themselves in need of a helping hand to defend their very lives and figure out the source of these mysteriously carnivorous crops.

Who's up for a feast after all of this is done? (Are those veggies still good to eat, do you think…?)

CREATURE FEATURE
Newcomers and resident Chosen alike are asked to use their fancy new tablets to catalog new fauna for a variety of rewards: money, goods/services, increased favor, etc. Problem is, what you're finding is...........weird. Spliced animals, chimeras, catdogs, all sorts of strange creatures seem to be appearing.

As for the source? You may be asked to find that, too. But watch out, because whatever, or whomever, is responsible might not want to be found.

FEED ME, SEYMOUR
Plants are now taking requests! Some of them may be benign or even silly: water lilies asking Chosen to take a swim with them, ferns asking to be watered, venus fly traps who need help catching flies. They may even ask for items, human food, or to be entertained. Weird.

Just don't give them any blood. Unless you'd like to get eaten, that is.

PLOT WITH ME
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Character:
Canon:
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Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background/Personality: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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SEPTEMBER EVENT SUMMARY

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EVENT SUMMARY: THE MAZE
On the night of September 10, an impenetrable fog covers the town of Aldrip. When characters wake in the morning, they find that Aldrip has disappeared, replaced by a large, enclosed maze.

Characters will wake up in one of three different levels of this maze, and they may—but don't have to—find that they are not alone. As they explore the maze, they will encounter trials and stumbling blocks both physical and mental. It seems the maze is testing them, poking at their fears, their past, their feelings. Confronting these questions about themselves and their very nature will allow them to progress through the maze in hopes of eventually finding the exit—and hopefully the town along with it.

While they do not all wake up in the same level of the maze, all characters do, in theory, have to complete all three trials in order to leave. This may not be so easy to achieve; due to the nature of these trials, if someone cannot get past one area, they may remain stuck there. Other characters are able to help them confront these issues, and may instead (or in addition) pass through that way if they choose to. Aside from the level where they wake up, characters may approach these levels in any order as they so choose.

Characters wake up in the groupings listed below. Each group letter corresponds to the letter of the trial where they wake up. After you leave your initial trial, you may meet with characters outside your group!

TRIAL A
While exploring the maze, characters begin to experience hallucinations and illusions that highlight their greatest insecurities. These illusions may come in a variety of different forms. Perhaps they experience voices or images of peers issuing criticisms that they fear are accurate, or they may face a shadowy figure that bears their appearance that embodies all of their worst qualities. The form these illusions take is up to you, the players, and whether other characters are able to see those illusions can also be decided between players. Confronting, challenging, debunking, and/or accepting these criticisms and claims is the key to exiting this level.

TRIAL B
During their time in this level of the maze, characters will at some point find their way blocked by representations of their deepest fears. This can be literal—a dark hallway for those who fear the dark, as an example—but can manifest in a myriad of other ways, too. A character could see someone from their past that represents this fear, or a monster, or an object or memory of something that connects to that fear. These fears will be made tangible and visible to anyone around them, leaving them exposed and vulnerable. In order to progress, they must be able to pass by these fears, and may do so in any way the player chooses, whether it requires fighting a monster, negotiating with an authority figure, finding a light in the darkness, or anything else players and characters can imagine.

TRIAL C
On this level, characters are confronted with memories related to the crime they have been charged with. This can be a specific moment or a series of moments related to their crime either directly or indirectly. Characters may become lost in these memories and may need help navigating through them from other people: the longer they remain lost in these memories, reliving them again and again, the more they run the risk of losing those memories entirely, either permanently or temporarily. Only by addressing the crime, the way they feel about it, the relationship that crime has to reality and to who the character is, can characters be free of this particular trial.

ADDITIONAL INFO
Those characters (or players) who do not wish to interact with the maze will occasionally find quiet corridors that mysteriously place them outside the maze, unable to reenter. They will find that the town is, indeed, gone, as are their living quarters—hope you don't mind roughing it for a while. However, due to recent efforts to bolster the town's supplies, some of the underground storehouses organized by Claude and Marianne seem to remain intact and are available as temporary emergency shelter, should your character choose not to camp out.

After a week, the maze will disappear and life in Aldrip returns to normal. As for the locals? They don't seem to notice that anything strange has happened at all. Maze? What maze? Strange weather we're having this week, eh?

EVENT GROUPINGS

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GROUP A:
Serah Farron
Elidibus
Nakahara Chuuya
Tsunayoshi Sawada
Rei Suwa
Caitlyn Kiramman
Ragna the Bloodedge
Kotone Shiomi
Monkey D. Luffy
Yuja Wightshade (WoL)
Yosuke Hanamura
Astralin Turnont
Dazai Osamu
Ange Ushiromiya
Hythlodaeus
Ethlyn

GROUP B:
Violet (Vi)
Silco
Ekko
Mizuki Date
Claude von Riegan
Noel Kreiss
Kazuki Kurusu
G'raha Tia
Jinx
Marianne von Edmund
Goro Akechi
Sooyoung Han
Saito Sejima
Nikolai Gogol
Erichtonios
Emet-Selch

GROUP C:
Yu Narukami
Pride
Sigma
Usagi Tsukino
William G Maryblood
Scott Summers
Gundam Tanaka
Quentin Quire
Akira Kurusu
Mitama Yakumo
Med'an
Ken Amada
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Izuku "Deku" Midoriya
Echo

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INTRO MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here! This intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

This month's State of the Game post is here, and the world changes from the last event is here. Feel free to browse around if you haven't already, and here's a handy dandy directory below so everyone can check out the info pages:

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The info pages and such are still under construction, so if there's any questions let us know either on the FAQ page or the mod contact page! We will be putting up a mingle log on Monday the 21st, so please stay tuned for it!

Until then, please make use of the below form for all of your intro and CR meme needs!

Player:
Contact:
Anything Else?: Anything you might want us to know? What kinds of things interest you? What's your current favourite fandom? Put it here.

Character:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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CR MEME

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INTRO / CR MEME

Welcome to Expiation, home of the big bucks and no whammies! We're thrilled to have you here, new and old players alike. Please note that this intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

As a reminder, Expiation runs on bi-monthly events. Please note that all characters accepted in June are exempt from the June AC. For everyone else, please submit your AC by June 30th, 2023. We will provide a warning list halfway through the day (eastern time) on both the OOC community and the moderator plurk. If you need to take a hiatus or have extenuating circumstances, reach out to the moderator team via DM, our feedback page, or plurk. We're some pretty understanding people! Real life sometimes slaps all of us around, after all.

As a kind reminder for people who are using backdated threads as proofs, we are counting the number of comments from June. Please make sure your counts are correct. We will sweep anyone who fails to meet AC due to miscounted comments.

For our new players, we encourage you to read the Premise and End Game section of our April 2023 State of the Game, as it includes behind-the-scenes information for players. There's also a wide array of other information on that entry available for the curious. (You can also check out the tag and read the bottom section for interesting lore / world building questions that have been forwarded to the team since the game's opening.)

To give you a general idea of how the upcoming timeline will be...

- Sometime this week, we'll have sign ups for the Sentencing mechanic. The short description is that we will be taking sign ups from interested parties. The sign up post will contain (hopefully) all of the information you might need as players to make an informed decision about whether you want to be involved or not. From the interested parties, a select number will be chosen via RNG, and those characters will be assigned a task that they will have a specific amount of time to complete. Successful completion will result in characters obtaining some kind of information pertinent to overarching game story line in some way (consider it may be a little more vague rather than directly in one's face). Characters who participate in this may also have their parchment crimes altered following successful or unsuccessful completion, depending on personal actions taken in the game thus far.

- Our next event isn't scheduled until later July 2023, but we can tell you that it's got something to do with those friendly little fairies who were giving people the power to grow plants at will. It might be worth fostering some good relations with them whilst the opportunity is there.

- We'll have a simple mingle available in late June / early July for newcomers and Chosen who've been around for a while as a means of getting to know people. Something likely light of heart to help offset some of the more serious themes we tend to explore in our events.

- The next state of the game will also take place in July, after the event, which will, as ever, include results of the event, changes made to the world, things we'd like to do in the future, things we're working on in the background, and more little curiosities for everyone.

- The next application cycle will be in early August 2023. The next TDM is scheduled for the end of July to pave the way for that app cycle.

Please make use of the below form for all of your intro and CR meme needs!

Player:
Contact:
Anything Else?: Anything you might want us to know? What kinds of things interest you? What's your current favourite fandom? Put it here.

Character:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Crime: The crime your character was accused of when they arrived.

Background: A brief insight into your character's history is fine here. You can talk about their personality as well.

Abilities: Any abilities that you feel is important to note about your character. Bullet points and concise descriptions are okay.

Plans: What kinds of things do you want to do in the game? Any kind of CR you want to specifically pursue? Any special character discovery or exploration you want to do? This is the place to put all of that.

???: Questions? Comments? Memes? Put them here.

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INTRO / CR MEME

Welcome to Expiation and come on down! We're thrilled to have you here, new and old players alike. Please note that this intro entry serves additionally as a CR meme, so you are free to use it to say hello, tell us a bit about yourself, talk about your character, and potential plans for the game.

As a reminder, Expiation runs on bi-monthly events. Please note that all characters accepted in April are exempt from the April AC. For everyone else, please submit your AC by April 30th, 2023. We will provide a warning list halfway through the day (eastern time) on both the OOC community and the moderator plurk.

As a kind reminder for people who are using backdated threads as proofs, we are counting the number of comments from April. Please make sure your counts are correct. Last month we didn't penalise anyone for that because we had multiple people and thought it was not communicated properly by the moderator team. This month, that will not happen. We will sweep anyone who fails to meet AC due to miscounted comments.

For our new players, we encourage you to read the Premise and End Game section of our April 2023 State of the Game, as it includes behind-the-scenes information for players. There's also a wide array of other information on that entry available for the curious.

To give you a general idea of how the upcoming timeline will be... (Please stay tuned. We're currently developing an actual calendar that we will update monthly and leave available on a separate page for the sake of player ease. It's not available yet, however.)

April 30 → April AC Due
May 01 → AC Results
May 19 → Event #2
May 19 → OOC Poll for Event #2
May 26 → State of the Game
May 29 → TDM #3
June 05 → Reserves Open
June 10 → EMP Posts
June 12 → Reserves Close / Apps Open
June 19 → Apps Close

EVENT #2 NOTES

EVENT NOTES:

OVERVIEW:
We warn ahead of time that some of the content in this event may be uncomfortable or disturbing. We especially would caution reading the 4th arrow below. We will mark it.

► This event is spurred by the Pessiria Forest disappearances and phenomena, observations of strange happenstance, and those now experiencing nightmares or visions from Event #1.

► People who have been plagued by nightmares and visions during Event #1 will have mysterious arcane, runic, and related marks (read: brands) appear on their body. The location is player choice and may be singular or multiple. Feel free to be creative in the details of their appearance (read: colour, size, and so on). Those marked will be subject to a variety of afflictions or situations—abductions (see our additional notes section), demonic or spiritual possession, mind control, a mysterious ability to cast elemental or blood magicks whether they normally can or can't, incoherent speech or perhaps no speech at all, and so on. (If you don't like any of those options and want to suggest others, please do so in the Moderator Team Comment below.)

► People who are not suffering from having visions or nightmares will be especially vulnerable to the new abilities and afflictions, specifically should those they know be under this condition. This could be due to bonds of friendship, familial, romantic, or any other kind of relationship. They do not need to be extraordinarily emotionally close to the afflicted for this to take effect. This means these people who are not afflicted will be more susceptible to mind control and will feel inclined to serve or defend their known party in question.

► POTENTIALLY DISTURBING CONTENT. The missing NPCs from Event #1 will initially remain missing. In Pessiria Forest when travelling deep enough and guided by those who are marked, they will locate a bizarre clearing and a variety of stone monuments. Included amongst these strangely-shaped monuments, they will find tablets that contain writing in a [currently] undecipherable language (to be used in future events and eventually discovered). At the centre of this collection of monuments is a pit cave and upon travelling through this winding cave, the abducted NPCs will be found in a central cavernous room where they have been kept in terrible condition for gory experimentation and sacrifice.

► The abductions and strange phenomena of the forest, and presumably prior disappearances, is being controlled by a collective in mysterious robed garb with similar arcane and runic markings as those branded. The Chosen will not be able to fight them yet (see the additional notes section). Instead, they will conjure a creature eldritch in appearance with rock, crystal, and tree root traits.

► The people who are branded will be thralls to the creature should they be present at this combat. They will be compelled to protect the creature, requiring the attention to be divided between the creature in question and any branded who are protecting it. You can use this as an opportunity to fight the creature or to fight with your fellow Chosen.

► When the creature is in its last moments, the consequences of defeating it will cause it to flail its appendages, resulting in an imminent collapse of the pit cave's interior. People will need to help the branded, the unbranded, and the NPCs escape the pit cave before its total cave-in.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
► We are putting a numerical cap on how many Chosen can be a part of the marked / afflicted. After all, if everyone is marked, then no-one can be saved and we need some heroes. We will accept 20 sign ups for this. This is not a first-come, first-served situation. We encourage all interested parties to volunteer their character and a week from today (April 26), we will RNG from everyone who has signed up.

Please note two things in relation to the above:
01. If you play multiple characters, only one is eligible to be drawn (unless for some reason we're short on volunteers).
02. As we would like to spread the opportunity for special signs up across all characters, please note that all characters who win this specific event sign up cannot be entered into the next event sign up that we have.

► Abduction options are also available for Chosen whose players may have extenuating circumstances that prevent them from being immediately involved, may be on hiatus at the time, or simply choose to have this option available to them. If chosen, players may have their characters be abducted for a few days at most (at which they would mysteriously find themselves back in Aldrip, unable to explain what happened, or how they got there). There is also an option to have them abducted through the entirety of the event as well. Whatever is most convenient for the player and their circumstance.

► The side effects from the branding / marks can be nullified when another person demonstrates an act of selflessness for the benefit of the afflicted. For instance, risking one's life for another's would qualify. Do not treat that as an exclusive option. It is only an example. It will not remove the mark itself, but it will remove the statuses that can be caused by the marking.

► Players may choose from multiple status effects if they have a branded character. They may also choose a singular status or ability that they would like to have. There are no limits here, save common courtesy and communication with your thread partners.

► The mysterious collective of sorcerers / magicians are not eligible for combat in this event. Anyone attempting to combat them will find that no abilities are capable of making contact. They will make a future return at some point involving the so-called defunct Tower of Narbeth, so expect to see them again.

► It is presumed that the Chosen will ultimately thwart the designs of the cave and the tree, root, crystal creature. It is also presumed that all Chosen will emerge from the cave-in alive. If your character should die for any reason, please contact us. Any injured Chosen can seek the assistance of local healers or the clerics in Aldrip.

► Those with brands will find that their marks will disappear within a few weeks after the event has started. If there are Chosen who, for some reason, wish to keep their marks, a Rumpiturian will pay visit to Aldrip around the time the brands begin to fade and offer to tattoo these markings permanently in exchange for town materials and supplies.

► The successful triumph over the cave creature and rescue of NPCs, in addition to getting to the bottom of the Pessiria Forest mystery and debunking some of the world's folklore, will merit rewards being given to the Chosen. (These rewards are still being considered, but will be addressed in the State of the Game in May, one week after the event has gone up.)

► We would like to give a reminder that just because there may not be a prompt for it, doesn't mean it's unacceptable. It is entirely feasible that someone would be inclined to take advantage of the chaos going on to otherwise cause more chaos, do some sleuthing around Aldrip, the forest, or whatever have you.

If you are interested in doing something that isn't directly correlating to the event, contact the moderator team to discuss. Remember if you do something outside of the prompt options on the OOC poll on the day that it is posted, please leave a comment detailing what you did and link to it, so we can take all actions into consideration for the next State of the Game.

Until then, please make use of the below form for all of your intro and CR meme needs!

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